Each month I try to update this page with new products I have tried. This one will be a little different. For April and possibly moving forward, I am letting you lovely readers in on things I’ve incorporated this month to progress my life. These are five activities, memories or thoughts that will make future me happy.
- I have decided to try my best to live on hope and faith, not fear. I will be delusionally optimistic. You will see content related to my (pre) law school journey on the blog, and Youtube channel. I’ll be talking about why I’m choosing to go, the pre-application process, how I’m trying to be a competitive applicant, my studying resources, etc. You will see everything I’m doing to get a pinky toe in the door of a law school in Canada as a Black, female, 30-year-old, first-gen graduate. It’ll be a ride. And it fulfills two goals of mine: law school and content creation.
- I went to an Elevation Nights concert/show/praise session. I vividly remember thinking, “This must be what heaven is like.” It was the most beautiful thing I’ve seen in the last 3-5 years. And I went to the concert ALONE. It was both terrifying and freeing. Terrifying because I have hella social anxiety, and freeing because I didn’t have to worry about embarrassing myself. If anyone ever has an opportunity to go, even if you don’t believe in God for whatever reason, please go. They are amazing.
- My Youtube channel grew from 9 to 15 subscribers! Which is amazing! I only put up three videos because I had a busy semester towards the end of April due to finals. But two of my videos got over 50 views. So I think I’m a star now. Additionally, I’ve rediscovered how much I love taking photos. I enjoy still photography, product shots and this month, I’m going to start playing with black-and-white photography. Regardless, I’m getting more interested in content creation holistically. Photography, editing, filming and camera settings. But I’m only using free programs, things I already own and one Canon G7X camera.
- There is nothing wrong with being a Christian and wanting to make money. I’ve always shied away from talking about wanting to make money from anything I can contribute to the world. But the truth is, if I can do something I love and make money to fuel it, then I don’t see why not. Also, living costs money. And God knows that. And he doesn’t want me to be ashamed about wanting money. He just wants me to keep my spending and desires in check. And that’s never felt more real since I quit my job about six months ago.
- Finally, I have a lot of skills I want to acquire. Naturally, as an aspiring law student, I want to do whatever it takes to get there. Communication and reasoning. But as a human, there’s so much more I want to learn! Spanish, Italian, ASL, any form of visual arts, driving, a sport, cooking, books to read. So much! And as I age, I realize there’s little time to learn. So why not try as much as I can?
- Bonus: I’m learning that there is nothing wrong with wanting validation and recognition for good work academically, and something I put effort into. Pastor Furtick said something at Elevations Nights. He said, “God doesn’t need the recognition publicly, but I do.” And I felt seen because sometimes it feels scandalous or villainized to want to be seen. But, I want (occasional) validation from others. It makes me feel good sometimes. Most of the time, it feels awkward.
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